Ketamine for Hyperactive delirium
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 4 mg/kg across 28 published protocols, with the middle half between 4 and 4.
1,335 rows are under review across the census and excluded from every number on this page. How that works.
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Values in mg/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IM 87%
- IV/IO 7%
- IV/IM 3%
- IV/IM/IN 3%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=28 protocols from 27 named agencies / 13 states, updated Sep 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Values in mg/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IM 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 13 named agencies / 5 states, updated Sep 2026
Adultmg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IM 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026
Named agencies
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Berrien County Medical Control Authority
- Brilliant Fire Department
- Bureau of EMS, Trauma & Preparedness
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- City of Austin
- City of Austin / Austin-Travis County EMS System
- City of Austin Office of the Chief Medical Officer
- Cochran County Emergency Medical Services
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Giles County EMS
- Haywood County EMS System
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / Berrien County
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / West Michigan Regional MCC
- Montana Board of Medical Examiners
- Muskegon County
- Nebraska Board of Emergency Medical Services
- North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (NC OEMS)
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Ocala/Marion County Fire Rescue
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- Spokane County EMS
- Stanly County EMS